The family of Travis had already broken up years ago. Since then he has seen neither his wife Jane nor his son Hunter. Indeed, after the separation, Travis himself disappeared for four years without a trace. Then he turns up in a small town in the middle of the Texan desert without even being able to remember his past. With the aid of his brother - who also raised Hunter - he begins to recover his speech. Slowly, he also succeeds in building up a relationship with his estranged son. Together they finally commence a journey to look for Jane, who they find in a peep show in Houston, Texas.

Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, photographer, and a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). One of Wenders' earliest honors was a win for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for his narrative drama Paris, Texas (1984), which also won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Many of his subsequent films have also been recognized at Cannes, including Wings of Desire (1987).

Selected Filmography:

1970 Summer in the City1972 The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty1973 The Scarlet Letter1974 Alice in the Cities1975 The Wrong Move1976 Kings of the Road1977 The American Friend1980 Lightning Over Water1982 Hammett1982 The State of Things1984 Paris, Texas1987 Wings of Desire1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes1991 Until the End of the World1993 Faraway, So Close!1997 The End of Violence1999 Buena Vista Social Club2000 The Million Dollar Hotel2005 Don't Come Knocking2011 Pina